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Mickey Callaway manages a winner. Roughly three hours after Jacob deGrom helped the Mets complete a nearly 10-week climb to .500, the suddenly surging franchise officially became a winning team for the first time since May 2, capturing a thrilling 5-4 comeback victory — on a trio of seventh-inning solo homers, including back-to-back, two-out shots by Michael Conforto and Pete Alonso — over the Marlins to sweep Monday’s doubleheader at Citi Field. “We’re never out of it,” Alonso said on the field after the game. “We always believe. That’s just a matter of fact.” When the Mets dropped their first game after the All-Star break in Miami, they were buried 11 games under .500. Just over three weeks later, the former laughingstocks were cackling with delight, becoming just the third team in franchise history to reach .500 after falling at least 10 games under, according to Elias Sports Bureau. When Conforto and Alonso drilled their dramatic blasts — giving the Mets their 11th win in 12 g...

A former friend of the gunman who slaughtered nine people outside of a Dayton, Ohio, bar said he cut off their friendship when the mass shooter held a gun to his head about five months ago, a report said Monday. Will El-Fakir, who went to the same high school as gunman Connor Betts, told the Dayton Daily News that Betts had been “getting a little violent with friends” and began to bring guns around them in recent months. Betts then held a gun to El-Fakir’s head about five months ago for no reason, he told the newspaper. El-Fakir said he cut ties with Betts after the incident. El-Fakir told the newspaper he recounted the incident to Dayton police officials Sunday afternoon. Masked and clad in a bulletproof vest, Betts, 24, opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle outside a busy stretch of bars in Dayton’s downtown Oregon District at about 1:05 a.m. Sunday, cops have said. His first victim was his 22-year-old sister, Megan, and he was about to enter a packed bar where scores of people...

Jordan Jenkins’ best season as a Jet opened his eyes. Not for what he accomplished. But what he could do if he really dedicated himself. “It’s the [adage], you get what you put in,” the outside linebacker said. “If you want to be a pro, [act like] a pro.” That meant getting in the best possible condition of his life. It meant eating better, lowering his body fat to 9 percent, and then seeing what he could really do. He began getting meals prepared by a personal chef, completely changing his diet. “To me, I want to go as far as I can take it,” said the 6-foot-3, 259-pound Jenkins, who posted a personal best seven sacks a year ago, along with two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, 35 tackles, 15 quarterback hits and six tackles for loss. “There’s a lot of guys who I played with throughout my entire lifetime, whether it be in high school, college or even now. A lot of guys that didn’t make it to this level and I’ve been honored to make it to this level. I’d be a fool if I didn’t t...

A one-time senior executive at Tinder who publicly accused the dating app’s former CEO of sexually assaulting her has filed a new lawsuit against him and her former parent companies, alleging she was canned for speaking out. The accusations from Rosette Pambakian, former VP of Marketing, were first revealed in a separate $2 billion lawsuit filed against the company in Aug. 2018, alleging the IAC Group — Tinder’s parent company — lowballed Tinder’s valuation to cut its founding members, including Pambakian, out of stock options. Included in the suit were bombshell allegations that former Tinder CEO and IAC Chairman Greg Blatt groped and sexually harassed Pambakian at the 2016 company holiday party in Los Angeles. Pambakian was placed on administrative leave and then fired on August 15, 2018 — just a day after the first lawsuit was filed in Manhattan Supreme Court. In her new suit filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the ex-executive claims she was wrongfully axed after paren...

BALTIMORE — If there was a perfect time for Masahiro Tanaka to show he can return to being the dominant pitcher he used to be, Monday night was it. Tanaka started against the woeful Orioles at Camden Yards with the Yankees riding a five-game winning streak and looking to open a long stretch of games against the AL East bottom-feeding Orioles and Blue Jays. And he pitched on a night the Yankees slugged five homers that helped stretch the winning streak to six with a 9-6 victory that was witnessed by a very pro-Yankees crowd of 20,151. The win combined with the second-place Rays losing to the Blue Jays hiked the Yankees’ AL East lead to nine games. Mike Ford hit the fourth Yankees homer in the eighth inning that snapped a 6-6 tie and Mike Tauchman’s second home run of the game was a two-run job later in the inning that gave the visitors a 9-6 lead. Austin Romine and Gardner also took advantage of Camden Yards’ cozy dimensions and a ragged Orioles pitching staff on a muggy evening w...

The IRS is coming after cryptocurrency traders. And the government isn’t being nice about it. I’m tight on space today, but let me give you a taste of this very important story. At the end of July, the IRS started sending letters to people who trade cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, reminding them that they owed taxes on any profits they may have made. The IRS sent out three letters. The harshest was Letter 6173, which starts, “We have information that you have or had one or more accounts containing virtual (crypto) currency and may not have met your US tax filing and reporting requirements.” “Virtual currency is considered property for federal income tax purposes,” the letter said. There were two other letters — 6174A and 6174 — that were milder in tone. Experts say the last two letters imply that something can be worked out between the traders and the IRS. Letter 6173 does not and gives instructions on what the recipients “need to do by the ‘respond by’ date above.” I have blank ...

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden on Monday said President Trump was playing a “dangerous game” by using incendiary language about immigrants. “There’s no question it’s a dangerous game,” Biden told CNN’s Anderson Cooper when addressing what he perceived as President Trump’s divisive remarks. “There’s no question that his rhetoric has contributed to, at a minimum, of dumbing down the way in which we as a society talk about one another. “This is about separating people, and the good and bad in his mind.” Later on in the interview, the former vice president vowed to ban assault weapons if he’s elected president. “The fact of the matter is [assault weapons] should be illegal. Period,” Biden said. “The Second Amendment doesn’t say you can’t restrict the kinds of weapons people can own. You can’t buy a bazooka. You can’t have a flame-thrower.” Biden made the pledge on the heels of two mass shootings over the weekend where the alleged shooters used semi-automatic high capacit...

Now, what’s a president to do? President Trump made a big bet when he said last week that he was going to impose stiff tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese-produced goods. And, just days later, the Chinese counterattacked by allowing their currency — the yuan — to fall sharply in value. That makes Chinese goods cheaper and offsets the tariffs. Let’s also not forget that the Chinese, along with the Japanese, are the largest lenders to the US. China owns over $1.1 trillion worth of US government securities and could cause interest rates in America to rise if it became a sloppy and aggressive seller of those bonds. The US bond market is what Trump ought to be worried about since he wants interest rates lower and the Chinese could cause them to rise sharply. But our president is probably more concerned with what the stock market is doing. Stock prices have been sliding ever since Trump announced last week that he was going to put tariffs in place on more Chinese goods. Tr...

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on assets of the Venezuelan government, according to an executive order published on Monday. “All property and interests in property of the Government of Venezuela that are in the United States … are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in,” the executive order says. The Trump Administration has been ramping up pressure on Caracas in a bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro from power. The United States and most Latin American countries and Western democracies have called for Maduro to step down and have recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s president. But China and Russia have continued to back Maduro, prompting U.S. national security adviser John Bolton to warn the two countries on Monday against doubling down in their support for him. Credit: Source link The post Trump imposes sanctions on Venezuelan government’s assets appea...

ATLANTA — Vince Carter is putting off retirement for at least one more season. With that, he’ll claim the longest career in NBA history all to himself. A person familiar with the situation confirmed that Carter has agreed to terms on a one-year contract to return to the Atlanta Hawks for his record 22nd season. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced. The 42-year-old Carter never wavered in his desire to play with someone this season. He is tied with Robert Parish, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Willis and recently retired Dirk Nowitzki — all of whom played for 21 seasons — for the longest career in NBA history. “Just waiting for the right opportunity,” he said on a recent conference call to discuss the upcoming Jr. NBA Global Championship, when questioned by a reporter from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Nothing has changed as far as that goal and that dream of mine.” The deal was first reported by ESPN. Essentially a...

The US labor market may be booming — but it’s been a bloodbath on Wall Street. A recent wave of layoffs from some of the biggest banks is making it harder than ever to get a job on Wall Street, recruiters and other insiders say. On Monday, banking giant HSBC announced more than 4,750 layoffs as the company looks to rein in costs — a culling that brings the total number of bankers out of work this year to more than 23,000 globally. HSBC’s announcement comes on the heels of more than 18,000 cuts from Deutsche Bank, and hundreds more from Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and other powerhouses that have slimmed ranks this year. While it’s unclear how many of those positions are based in New York City, local recruiters say they’re being flooded by résumés — a glut that is making it tough for anyone who’s not a top-tier candidate to find work. “On the sell side, it’s turning out to be a big year for layoffs in comparison to the last three years,” Michael Karp, co-founder of Options Group, told...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday night after a photo surfaced on social media, showing a group of young men “groping and choking” a cardboard cutout of the freshman congresswoman — while wearing shirts that say, “Team Mitch.” “Hey @senatemajldr – these young men look like they work for you,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted . “Just wanted to clarify: are you paying for young men to practice groping & choking members of Congress w/ your payroll,” she asked, “or is this just the standard culture of #TeamMitch?” The picture in question was posted on Facebook and then shared by a Twitter user named @emrazz . “Break me off a piece of that,” the caption reads. “Future federal judges of America,” tweeted @emrazz in response. The photo emerged Monday just one day after Ocasio-Cortez publicly condemned McConnell — in the wake of the El Paso and Dayton shootings — for not calling a Senate vote on a gun reform bill that was passed by the De...

Just call it Yankee Stadium South. The Yankees on Monday hit their 30th home run at Orioles Park at Camden Yards, marking the most a team has hit in a road ballpark during one season. Austin Romine, Brett Gardner and Mike Tauchman hit homers to reach the mark in just eight games, as the Yankees still have two games remaining against the lowly Orioles in Baltimore. No one Bomber has done more damage in Baltimore than Gleyber Torres, who has smashed seven home runs in eight games, compared to 12 in 57 games in The Bronx. The Yankees also set a record earlier this season with dingers in 31 straight games. Credit: Source link The post Yankees make home run history against lowly Orioles appeared first on Fox USA Live . from Fox USA Live https://ift.tt/33cSl7o

President Trump condemned hate and “white supremacy” Monday as he called for bipartisan action to spur nationwide “red flag” laws in response to two weekend shootings that took the lives of 31 people in Texas and Ohio. But he failed to mention new background-check measures or legislation to ban assault ­weapons. “In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated,” Trump said in his remarks, referring to the El Paso gunman’s racist-filled manifesto, which targeted people of Mexican descent. “Hate has no place in America. Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart, and devours the soul.” During the 10-minute speech from the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room, the president directed the Justice Department to work with local authorities on “red flag” laws that would identify people who might be likely to commit ­violence. He noted how the Parkland, Fla., school shooter in February 2018 exhibited numerous signs th...

Former president Barack Obama on Monday responded to the back-to-back mass shootings that have rocked the country — calling for tougher gun laws and telling Americans to reject comments from leaders that feed fear, hatred and normalize racism. In a statement posted on Twitter and Facebook, Obama didn’t specifically name any leaders, but condemned those “who suggest that other people, including immigrants, threaten our way of life, or refer to other people as sub-human, or imply that America belongs to just one certain type of people.” Such language has been at the root of most human tragedy from slavery, to the Holocaust, to the Rwandan genocide, the ex-president wrote. “It has no place in our politics and our public life,” he said. “And it’s time for the overwhelming majority of Americans of goodwill, of every race and faith and political party, to say as much — clearly and unequivocally.” The open letter came hours after President Trump delivered an address about the massacres ...

Just minutes after an MRI exam revealed Robinson Cano tore his hamstring and may miss the rest of the season, beloved rookie Jeff McNeil exited the second game of the Mets’ doubleheader against the Marlins on Monday with a calf cramp. In the third inning, McNeil chased after a Bryan Holaday double deep in the left-field corner and emerged favoring his right calf. Mets manager Mickey Callaway and head trainer Brian Chicklo met with McNeil, who appeared to plead his case to remain in the game before eventually walking off the field. McNeil went 2-for-5 with a home run in the opener against the Marlins, collecting his 200th hit faster than any player in Mets history (599 at-bats). Following his third consecutive game homering — and third leadoff home run of the season — the All-Star upped his first-pitch batting average to .410 (32-for-78). Before his early exit, Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara walked McNeil for the Mets’ first at-bat of the doubleheader finale. Credit: Source link ...

Fifty-nine people got shot across the city of Chicago this past weekend — seven fatally, according to police officials. That’s more than the Dayton and El Paso shootings, respectively. “It’s got to stop,” said Keith Flowers, father of Chicago victim Demetrius Flowers, who was murdered following a dispute over a basketball game. “This senseless killing has got to stop,” he told WLS. Of the multiple shootings reported in the Windy City over the weekend, two were said to have been mass casualty incidents in the same police district. They included a drive-by in Douglas Park that left seven people injured and another in the 1800-block of South Kildare Avenue, in which one person died and eight others were wounded. At least 30 others were shot and wounded between 5 p.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday, according to police. A 5-year-old boy was among the victims. Local officials likened the “senseless gun violence” to what happened in Texas and Ohio, where dozens of people were wounded ...

Jacob deGrom’s Cy Young campaign attached outsized meaning to each start at the tail end of last season. This year, he could be pitching for even more down the stretch. The ace responsible for repeatedly carrying the Mets lifted the team to new — well, technically, old — heights at Citi Field, as deGrom allowed two runs, and drove in a pair, to bring the suddenly surging franchise back to .500 for the first time since May 28, with a 6-2 win over the Marlins in the opener of Monday’s doubleheader. The Mets, who have won 10 of their past 11 games, and hold a major league-best 16-6 record since the All-Star break, entered the day just three games out of the second wild-card spot in the National League, and in position to hold a winning record for the first time since May 2. DeGrom (7-7), whose own record reached .500 for the first time since April 26, pitched seven innings for the fourth straight start, allowing five hits and one walk, with eight strikeouts. Support for the right-hand...

Browns coach Freddie Kitchens has given his assistant coaches a stern warning ahead of his first season in charge: Leak information, and lose your job. “The days of inside information and the days of unnamed sources and stuff like that have ended,” Kitchens told reporters Monday. “So you’re not going to get information like that, ever. Anybody. And if I ever see it, they’re fired. Immediately. That’s the way we’re running this organization.” Kitchens’ ominous proclamation came after a question about former Browns assistant Bob Wylie. Wylie, who was fired by Kitchens as offensive line coach this offseason, later suggested the Browns should have kept current Jets’ defensive coordinator Gregg Williams as head coach rather than promoting Kitchens. The Browns have been hurt by unnamed sources before. In January, an ESPN bombshell used multiple unnamed sources to detail the Browns’ front office woes and fallout between owner Jimmy Haslam, former head coach Hue Jackson and quarterback Bak...

Robinson Cano’s first season with the Mets could be done. Cano was placed on the injured list Monday, and an MRI exam revealed the second baseman suffered a torn left hamstring during Sunday’s win in Pittsburgh. No surgery is required, but there is no timetable for his return. Cano, 36, once went nearly 11 years without landing on the injured list, and played an average of 158 ¹/₂ games per season from 2007-17, but is on the IL for the third time in less than three months. He has been limited to 86 games with injuries to his left quad and left calf, but manager Mickey Callaway said the latest ailment is unrelated. Before his body broke down again, Cano had begun breaking through at the plate. Struggling for much of his first season with the Mets, the eight-time All-Star was 9-for-15 with a homer and four doubles in his past four games, raising his average from .235 to .252. Jeff McNeil started at second base in the first game of Monday’s doubleheader, and Luis Guillorme started ...

Three people were attacked by sharks while visiting the same Florida beach over the weekend. The shark bites took place at New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County where beach safety officials said that two of the swimmers were chomped on just minutes apart on Saturday. A 20-year-old surfer Emily Comfort was bitten on her left hand and wrist on Saturday. The surfer was taken to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach where she received stitches. Less than a half-hour later, 21-year-old surfer Riley Petrovich was bitten on his left foot by a shark. He was treated at the scene. Then on Sunday, 51-year-old Peter Bourbeau was standing in knee-deep water when a shark bit him on the right foot. He was also treated at the scene. Gavin Naylor, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum of Natural History, told CNN that the beach was prone to shark attacks. “If you like to surf and you surf in this particular spot, the chances are high that you have been within 1...